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Important Gilt Bronze Empire Mantle Clock Attrib. Claude Galle
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DESCRIPTION: Important gilt bronze Empire mantle clock attributed to Claude Galle, designed with a round, black Roman numeral, white enamel dial with pierced bronze with blued steel date hand. Signed: "Chatenay a Versailles" Features an octagonal gilt bronze case with finely chased flowerets and leaves, two figures: a warrior in antique dress with crested helmet, holding a sword and shield, who is about to kiss a women dressed in antique antique drapery, who tenderly holds out a baby to him. The scene from the Trojan War depictions the farewell between Hector and his wife Andromache and young son, Astyanax. The base decorated with low-relief allegories of conjugal love and fidelity. A depiction of Hector finely asking his brother Paris to fight to defend the city of Troy. Completed with a pendulum movement on finely chased feet. Includes key and paperwork from (La Pendulerie)
Provenance: (Originally purchase from "La Pendulerie, Paris")
Notes.
Example in the Montplaisier Palace in Peterhof (Illustrated in A. Cheneviere, Splendeurs de mobilier russe 1780-1840, p. 188, fig. 193)
Example in the Mobilier national in Paris (Dial signed Lepaute, was delivered in 1805 for the Grand Solon of the Petit Trianon (M-F. Baylet-Dupuy, Pendules du Mobilier national 1800-1870, Dijon, 2006, p. 111)
Example in a private collection (Dial signed Galle rue Vivienne) pictured in H. Ottomeyer and P. Proschel, Vergoldete bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 366, fig. 5.13.3.)
CIRCA: 1800s
ORIGIN: Paris, France
DIMENSIONS: H: 23.25" x W: 6" x L: 19.5"
French Empire Wall Cartel Lyre Clock Attrib. Claude Galle
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DESCRIPTION: French Empire gilt bronze Wall Cartel "The Lyre" clock attributed to Claude Galle (1759-1815). Features a gilt bronze lyre formed case with black Roman numeral marked, white enamel dial. Designed with ornate foilate reliefs, figural putti musicians, laurel leaves, palmettes and flowers along the trims, and head of Apollo crest. Features a bell strike, pendulum movement. Includes paperwork from (La Pendulerie)
Provenance: (Originally purchase from "La Pendulerie, Paris")
CIRCA: 1800-1810
ORIGIN: Paris, France
DIMENSIONS: Approx: H: 32 W: 13 D: 3.5
Attributed to Claude Galle (French, 1759-1846) Clock
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Claude Galle (French, 1759-1846) Fine French Egyptian Revival Figural Shelf Clock. depicting Cleopatra. Gilt bronze and bronze on verdigris marble base with scrolled paw feet. Porcelain dial signed Herbage, Pelletier 24. Obelisk with hieroglyphs and drawing tablet with a protractor and square. 8 day movement. Ht. 18″ W 18″ D 7 1/2″.
An Empire Gilt Bronze Figural Mantel Clock
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An Empire Gilt Bronze Figural Mantel Clock
Thonissen, Paris, 19th Century
the dial signed Thonissen a Paris.
Height 21 x width 8 3/4 inches.
Property from a Private Collector, Lincolnwood, Illinois
An attractive French Empire gilt bronze figural mantel clock
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France, an Empire figural gilt bronze mantel clock, the rectangular base on bell shaped feet and mount featuring figures in a landscape, the clock enclosure with flanking eagles, and surmounted by a young woman in Grecian dress playing a spinet, arabic numeral white enamel dial with gilt hands, signed "Le Nepveu Lne Paris" , and 8 day, two train pendule de Paris movement with silk suspension and striking the hours and half hour on a bell
A French Empire Gilt Bronze Mantle Clock Homage a La
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A French Empire Gilt Bronze Mantle Clock Homage a La Plus Belle
19TH CENTURY
white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, signed Le Roy.
Height 15 1/4 x width 12 x depth 5 1/4 inches.
Property from the Estate of Jules and Gwen Knapp, Stuart, FL
19th Cent. French Empire Gilt & Patinated Bronze Mantle Clock
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DESCRIPTION: An antique French empire mantel clock with ornate gilt bronze case designed with figural group depicting a battle scene with two knights, one of whom is wounded and the other Pierre Terrail, (Lord of Bayard) defending his fallen comrade, atop a craggily patinated rock form. Case with silver dial marked with black Roman numerals and double blued steel hands. Pendulum movement impressed: "(Star) 515" Displayed in glass blown dome with wood base. Includes clock key.
CIRCA: 19th Cent.
ORIGIN: France
DIMENSIONS: (Clock) H: 19.25" x W: 5.5" x L: 14.5" (Case) H: 24" x L: 19" x W: 9"